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Intelligent Seawater Cooling System

a cooling system and intelligent technology, applied in the field of seawater cooling systems, can solve the problems of general inefficiency and waste of energy to drive the pumps, and achieve the effect of reducing salt crystallization and increasing the speed of the pump circulating

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-08-24
CIRCOR PUMPS NORTH AMERICA LLC
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The patent is about a method to prevent salt crystals from forming in a seawater cooling system. The method involves measuring the temperature of the seawater in the system and increasing the speed of the pump circulating the seawater if the temperature exceeds a set threshold. This results in the reduction of salt crystal formation in the system, which can lead to damage and reduced efficiency of the cooling system.

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A shortcoming associated with existing seawater cooling systems such as that described above is that they are generally inefficient.
A portion of the energy expended to drive the pumps is therefore wasted.

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[0021]An intelligent seawater cooling system and method in accordance with the present disclosure will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the system and method are shown. The disclosed system and method, however, may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. In the drawings, like numbers refer to like elements throughout.

[0022]Referring to FIG. 1, a schematic representation of an exemplary intelligent seawater cooling system 10 (hereinafter “the system 10”) is shown. The system 10 may be installed onboard any type of seafaring vessel or offshore platform having one or more engines 11 that require cooling. Only a single engine 11 is shown in FIG. 1, but it will be...

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Abstract

A seawater cooling system adapted to mitigate salt crystallization in a seawater cooling loop. The system may include a pump operatively connected to the cooling loop and configured to pump seawater through the cooling loop, a temperature sensor operatively connected to the cooling loop and configured to monitor a temperature of the seawater in the cooling loop, and a controller operatively connected to the temperature sensor and to the pump, the controller configured to issue a warning and to increase a speed of the pump if it is determined that the monitored temperature of the seawater exceeds a predetermined threshold temperature.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This is a non-provisional of pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62 / 040,089, filed Aug. 21, 2014, the entirety of which application is incorporated by reference herein.FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE[0002]The disclosure is generally related to the field of seawater cooling systems, and more particularly to a system and method for controlling the temperature in a fresh water cooling loop by regulating pump speed in a seawater cooling loop thermally coupled thereto.BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE[0003]Large seafaring vessels are commonly powered by large internal combustion engines that require continuous cooling under various operating conditions, such as during high speed cruising, low speed operation when approaching ports, and full speed operation for avoiding bad weather, for example. Existing systems for achieving such cooling typically include one or more pumps that draw seawater into heat exchangers onboard a vessel. The heat ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F01P3/20F01P5/10F01P11/16F01P11/18B63H21/38F01P7/16
CPCF01P3/207B63H21/383F01P7/164F01P2050/02F01P11/18F01P5/10F01P2005/105F01P11/16F01P3/205F01P7/162F01P7/165F01P2007/146F01P2050/06
Inventor YIN, DANWERNER, STEFANLEMCKE, SOEREN
Owner CIRCOR PUMPS NORTH AMERICA LLC
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